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When I showed you this bowl last week, a couple of people commented that it would look better with more flowers. I whole heartedly agreed, so set about making a few more adornments. They’re super quick and easy to make … Continue reading →

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Because… 1. I obviously am not busy enough already. 2. I am a complete klutz so what follows is pretty much inevitable. Basically this was going to be a sewing related post, but then I dropped my lip balm over … Continue reading →

While you are reading this I am enjoying the glorious sunshine / torrential rain / standard mild grey British summer weather (delete as appropriate) of the lake district. I have turned off my wifi so I can’t actually tell you what the weather is like as I am writing this from the past / to the future. Needless to say – none of that actually matters.

After showing you my new gallery wall last week, I thought you might like to see some other simple transformations I’ve been able to tick off my list.

This one involved more Annie Sloan chalk paint and some furniture that was bland and boring.

Namely this TV stand. We had it in our flat, where it fitted in quite nicely, but have been wanting to replace it to blend in with our current living room decor. We’ve never gotten around to actually replacing it though, so when I discovered the chalk paint on my frames, I had a flash of inspiration. How easy would it be to just paint over the whole thing to make it look more stylish?! The answer…very easy.

We looked for a dark grey paint, but couldn’t find one we liked so settled for this blue.

After unscrewing the cupboard doors, all it took was 1 layer of paint (seriously no sanding or priming), a layer of wax, some distressing with sandpaper and a final layer of wax. The whole thing took about 3 hours including drying time – be warned, it dries VERY quickly!

Nothing is ever that simple though and in the process of putting it all back in the living room, we managed to snap the glass TV stand. This meant that we had to wall mount the TV and left the unit looking rather bare.

The trickiest bit then was deciding how to style it up.

We settled on styling 3 in the end – just the right amount of colour and balance.

Finally I painted a little mahogany side table to match. This took about half an hour to do the whole thing and now makes it fit our living room beautifully!

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During the holidays, in fact pretty much all the time, I like to optimise my productivity levels 🙂 Sounds formal doesn’t it. Basically I like ticking things off lists! I’ve built up quite a collection of frames recently and whilst … Continue reading →

….of course you did. You just knew that you would get a hat, a flower brooch and some other crafts out of one item of clothing! So much more efficient! Anyway, I’m here today to show you how to achieve … Continue reading →